A detailed study of calcareous nannofossil assemblages from twelve uppermost lower Barremian–lower Aptian sections in the Subbetic Domain Betic Cordillera was performed. Seven new species (Crucibiscutum bastetanum, Crucibiscutum gracile, Chiastozygus lamprostauros, Cyclagelosphaera platyaspis, Lithraphidites aichmoides, pugio, and Rhagodiscus sicutclipeus) are described, one is emended (Lithrap...

The Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene (K–Pg) was a critical period of transition in geological time. This encompassed short-term climatic fluctuations on global scale, changes ocean circulation, and sudden large extinctions marine terrestrial organisms. In the study area, located mid to low latitudes, Cretaceous Early were very tectonically active due positioning site close collision zone two con...

Stable oxygen isotope data from four holes drilled at the Ocean Drilling Program Site 967, which is located on the lower northern slope of the Eratosthenes Seamount, provide a continuous record of Eastern Mediterranean surface-water conditions during the last 3.2 Ma. A high-resolution stratigraphy for the Pliocene–Pleistocene sequence was established by using a combination of astronomical calib...

The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO; ~40 Ma), which interrupted for ~500–600 kyr the long-term cooling trend culminating at Eocene/Oligocene boundary, still requires a comprehensive understanding of biotic resilience. Here we present high-resolution integrated foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil study across MECO from expanded continuous Tethyan Baskil section (eastern Turkey) that of...

Abstract Calcareous nannofossils are < 30 µm sized calcitic fossil remains of single-celled marine photoautotrophic algae. Carbonate-rich sedimentary rocks, containing these fossils, used as raw material for lime-based mortars. The carbonates (CaCO 3 ) heated up to approx. 900 °C. burning process, which causes the thermal decomposition CaCO into CaO (= quicklime) and CO 2 , destroys fossils....